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Marie Newman: “How hard is it on the environment to not do this? And how deadly is it to not do this?”

On the recordMay 5, 2021
How hard is it on the environment to not do this? And how deadly is it to not do this?
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Marie Newman
Illinois

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Newman questions the environmental and safety impacts of not implementing high-speed rail.

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